Stetson Weekly Collegiate
OFFICIAL
STUDENTS' PUBLICATION OF STETSON UNIVERSITY.
Yol. XVIII
DeLand, Florida, Wednesday, May 2,1906. No. U
RE VIEW OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
PRESIDENT LINCOLN HULLEY
Another year is drawing to a
close^ and as one looks back over
it, there are many bright memories connected with it. The workers have all been in evidence. A
spirit of co-operation and a joy in
the work have seemed to inspire
everyone. The ^faculty and student body have worked together
as friends. Nowhere is more
politeness, courtesy and proper
obedience shown to authority
than right here in Stetson University. The teachers are w< rthy
of it. They perform their work
faithfully and administer their
authority in a Christian spirit,
and always with a view to furthering the best interest of the
student. The student kmrws that.
The hardest person in this world
to fool is a bright minded young
man or woman.
THE CLASS WORK.
The class work is the thing
about which all the subjects in a
University centre. On the theory
that the student is first and foremost the class work has been carried <?n as a steady daily drill in
building up the mind and the
character of the student. I cannot commend too strongly the
fidelity, skill and hard work of
the faculty of John B. Stetson
University. The student knows
when he is receiving good instruction, whether the professor is interested or lazy, whether he
allows him to shirk or keeps him
up to the work. The quality of
work done in the Stetson classroom is of the finest grade. It is
that of the great universities. It
stands for exactness and precision, two of the prime essentials
of the highest scholarship.
THE DEAN'S OFFICE.
The Dean's office suggests
grades, credits, records, examina
tions, consultations. It keeps tab
on the student's many relations <
to his work. It has been administered with regularity and effectiveness. One of the best lessons I
in life for the student to learn is!
to do his work. He should learn
to do it promptly, regularly,
punctually, without shirking,
without evading, without skimming over the surface, without
playing off sick and inventing
excuses to hide behind. These
things enter into one's character ;
they have moral quality in them;
they are the foundations on which
to build one's life. Carried into
a business career they mean success. These are lessons not
learned from books. They are
learned by daily striving to establish good habits.
THE ATTENDANCE.
The attendance has shown a
marked increase over last year,
just as last year made a big advance over the year before. This
year each one of the nine schools
showed a large percentage of increase. The classes are larger,
the dormitories are fuller, the
bursar's receipts are greater than
ever before. The spring teachers' class is four times as big this
year as it was last year. The
different schools co-operate in the
friendliest way. Enthusiasm for
the University pervades the whole
student body. Tbe faculty rejoices in this large attendance. It
is pleasant to teach a largtf class
of interested pupils. This attendance is all the more remarkable
in view of the fact that the expenses were increased this year
ten per cent. This was done in
order to give the students a finer
grade of teaching.
ATHLETICS.
To every Stetson student the
word "athletics" suggests vic
tory, cups, trophy rooms, flags,
yells, songs, calendars of games,
celebrations, indoor athletic
meets, field athletics,track events,
basket ball, foot ball, base ball.
Stetson believes in developing the
body as well as the mind, and
along with the mind. Often the
way to reach the mind is through
the body. A good mind is handicapped if it be lodged in a poor
body. The prowess of the Stetson athletes is well attested on
many victorious occasions. They
go in to win. They stand for fair
treatment of all visitors, according courtesy and kindness in their
hospitality and justice and fairness on the field of play. Stetson does not stand for corrupt
athletics. It pays nobody, not
even the trainer. Long will the
students remember the bonfire
celebration when the foot ball
team returned from Jacksonville
victorious. They will long remember the exciting finish with
the Kentucky Military boys, and
the 10 inning game with the Ormond professionals before either
side made a score, and the bril-
liant work of the basket ball
team. Forever will they prize
the base ball and foot ball championships of two seasons and Mr.
Wilson's trophy cup, won after
three hard years of battle. There
is much value in athletics as conducted at Stetson University,
where self-restraint, temperance
in habit, cleanliness, determination, skill, alertness, patience,
endurance, fair dealing, co-operation, obedience and courage are
daily drilled into the student's
very soul.
MUSIC
Nowhere in Florida is there a
school with such music, Reci-
